Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. 1. Emergent literacy and children’s literature 1
4. I. Premises of early literacy
5. 2. The dragon in the cave 17
6. 3. Color perception in infants and young children 39
7. 4. Parallel receptions of the fundamental 55
8. II. Picturebooks for children under three
9. 5. Picturebooks 77
10. 6. Early-concept books 91
11. 7. Reading as playing 115
12. 8. Metaphors in picturebooks from 0 to 3 141
13. 9. Early impressions 161
14. 10. Linking behavioral training and scientific thinking 175
15. III. Child-book interactions
16. 11. Mothers’ talking about early object and action concepts during picturebook reading 193
17. 12. “Don’t tell me all about it – just read it to me!” 209
18. 13. “This is me” 227
19. 14. How responses to picturebooks reflect and support the emotional development of young bilingual children 245
20. About the editor and contributors 265
21. Index 271